Gradle cannot find Maven parent dependency with version RELEASE - maven

Question

I've got a "project B" with a pom.xml like this:
<parent>
<groupId>org.company</groupId>
<artifactId>projectA</artifactId>
<version>RELEASE</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>projectB</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1</version>
where "project B" has "project A" as parent project pom.
I am trying to create a new "project C" using gradle now and if I want to use "project B" as a dependency, I specify build.gradle like this :
repositories {
maven {
url "http://mycompany:8081/artifactory/repository"
}
}
dependencies {
compile group: 'org.company', name: 'projectB', version: '0.0.1'
}
But I get the following error:
Could not resolve org.company:projectB:0.0.1.
Could not parse POM http://company:8081/artifactory/repository/org/company/projectB/0.0.1/projectB-0.0.1.pom
Could not find org.company:projectA:RELEASE.
Appart from setting my projectA version number to an specific one, is there a way to make this build work with gradle?
Is there a way gradle could find the correct version like maven is doing right now? My other maven projects have no problem finding the correct version.
I do not want to get the latests version of project A, maybe downloading the full project B jar would be enough.
P.D I am using gradle version 4.5 and maven version 3.5.2 on my local computer

Answer 1

I would do the following:
Download the jar and pom of projectB from your artifactory.
Change the pom by replacing "RELEASE" by a concrete version and the version tag of projectB by something new (like replacing version 1.2.3 by 1.2.3-manipulated).
Upload the jar and the new pom to your artifactory.
Reference version 1.2.3-manipulated from Gradle.
AFAIK you do not need to change the original jar or its content, it is enough to change and redeploy the pom file (with a different version that indicates your manipulation).